Butter-cutter.



Patefited; May 6, I902 N0. 699,50l. A. DONOVAN.

BUTTER CUTTEBJ {Application filed Dec. 11, 1901.

(No Model.)

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ALFORD DONOVAN, OF ATLANTIC CITY, NE\V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF 'IWVO-'II-IIRDS TO JACOB MYERS, DANIEL MYERS, AND JAMES G. PIZAGNO, OF

ATLANTIC CITY, NEYV JERSEY.

BUTTER-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,501, dated May 6,1902.

Application filed December 11, 1901. Serial No. 851431. No model.)

To all whom it HMLZ/ concern:

Be it known that I, ALFORD DONOVAN, a citizen of the United States,residing in Atlantic City, county of Atlantic, State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful ImprovementinButter-Cutters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention consists of an improved butter-cutter having means forcutting the butter transversely and then longitudinally.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a butter-cutter embodying myinvention. Fig.

2 represents a sectional view on line 00 00, Fig. 3, in reversedposition. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of said cutter. Fig. 4represents a sectional view on line 1/ y, Fig. 3. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8represent views of detached por- 2o tions thereof. Fig. 9 represents aperspective view of the butter after it has been cut.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a butter-cutter consisting ofthe frame or body portion B, having the slots C in the opposite wallsthereof and being open at top and bottom, said slots C communicatingwith the passages D in the end walls and being adapted to receive aframe E, the side bars F of which are adapted to move in said passages Dand have secured thereto a cutter G, which is of any suitablematerialas, for example, wiresaid frame E being provided with a suitablehandle II. Secured to the under portion of the side walls are thenotched bars or rods J, the notches of which being adapted to receivethe knives or cutters K, which are formed of any suitable material, oneend of 0 each of which is connected with the pins L and the oppositeends with the adjusting-pins M, which are suitably secured in the frame13, it being noted that said cutters pass beneath the open end of theframe B and beneath the slide.

N designates a rod or bar provided with three notches, which are securedto the under side of the end pieces of the body portion B.

P designates a knife or a cutter, which extends transversely withrespect to the cutters and occupies one of the notches in the rod or barN, the same being secured to a pin Q and an adjusting-pin R. It will benoted that the side bars F are provided with the recess S in order thatthe cutter G will be properly held in position.

The operation is as follows: The cutter G and frame B are pushed backinto the position so that the cutter G is within the rear slot C. Thebody portion B is then placed over the butter to be out and forced down,whereby it will be seen that the cutters K cut the butter from side toside and the cutter P cuts the butter in half. The butter thus cut isnow in position within the body portion B, and the operator pulls thehandle in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, so that thecutter G passes through the butter, it being seen in Fig. 9 that thecutter Gforms the cut T, the cutterP forms the out U, while the cuttersK form the cuts V, after which the butter can be placed upon a plate ora suitable receptacle in this cut position, it being seen that by adevice of this character the butter is quickly and evenly out withoutloss thereof. If desired, I may employ pins IV, which project throughthe rear slot C and act as a stop to prevent the improper movement ofthe frame E in either direction.

It will be seen that if the butter to be cut is not as wide as the framethat the cutter]? can be adjusted in its position in the notches in thebars N, so that the said cutter P will pass through substantially thecenter of the butter.

It will be evident that various changes may be made by those skilled inthe art which will come within the scope of my invention, and I do nottherefore desire to be limited in every instance to the exactconstruction herein 0 shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a butter-cutter, a body portion, open at top and bottom, cutterspassing across the bottom thereof, and a movable cutter suitin the bodyportion, aframe having side bars ably mounted in substantially thecenter of moving in said passages and a cutter secured said body portionand adapted to be operated to said frame and adapted to move therewith.

after the first-mentioned cutters have cut the ALFORD DONOVAN. 5 butterwhereby the latter is out in half. Witnesses:

2. In a butter-cutter, a body portion, cut- FRANK A. PIZAGNO,

ters secured to the bottom thereof, passages E. D. HUDSON.

